Given name & surname · also Middle English
Cousins
“familial relative”
Cousins is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from French.
Original FrenchCousin
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cousins goes back to a word meaning “familial relative.”
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Where it comes from
Cousins comes from Middle English, and ultimately from French.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Cousins as a surname developed from COUSIN.
Cousins’s family of names
In English usage, Cousins as a surname developed from the French form COUSIN. In English usage, Cousins as a surname has a related form in Cosin. In English usage, Cousins as a surname has a related form in Cosins.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 17
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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